Our System Criminalizes Black Pregnancy. As a District Attorney, I Refuse to Prosecute These Cases

Published May 21 2021 at 1:02 PM GMT

Key
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Reproductive health remains overly criminalized and stigmatized with little to no acknowledgement.
There are more than 1,200 documented cases of women, disproportionately Black and working-class women, who have been arrested because of their pregnancy outcomes since 1973.
We have neglected these women for far too long.
It’s time to challenge how the criminal-justice system has….